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NATIONAL EMBLEM ASHOKA PILLAR UNVEILED
ON THE ROOF OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE

ndia is the world's largest democracy, and Parliament
Iis its temple. The outline of the new Parliament House
and Central Vista Project was laid out by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. Its construction began as a reflection of
the fundamental thinking of a new and self-reliant India.
On July 11, PM Narendra Modi unveiled the Ashoka Pillar,
India's national emblem, which has been installed at the
top of this new building. This national symbol is made of
bronze and measures 21 feet tall, 9500 kg in weight, and
3.3 to 4.3 metres in diameter. While the hopes of a new
India will be realised by the new Parliament House, this
national icon will continue to motivate us to preserve
India's unity, integrity, and sovereignty.

SWEET REVOLUTION: INDIA AMONG TOP 10
HONEY PRODUCING NATIONS
nder Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership,
Umany other agricultural products are being promoted
in addition to traditional farming in order to increase the
income of farmers in the country. One of them is honey
production, which not only provides farmers employment
but also allows them to export their honey abroad. Indeed,
international demand for honey and its products has
increased significantly, with approximately half of the
country's production exported each year. As a result of
efforts to promote the 'Sweet Revolution' in the country,
honey exports increased from Rs 124 crore in 2013 to Rs
309 crore in 2022, representing a 149 percent increase in
honey exports during this period. India is the world's ninth
largest honey exporter.

GUJARAT AND KARNATAKA RANK FIRST IN THE STARTUP RANKINGS

ampaigns like Make in India and Self-Reliant India at the top of the list. According to the Startup India
Ccould not even be imagined a few years ago, so website, there are over 14,200 startups registered in
words like startup were not even in the common man's Gujarat, accounting for 6.70 percent of all startups.
vocabulary. At the same time, India has emerged as Meghalaya topped the Union Territories and North
the world's startup capital in the last eight years. India Eastern States category. The ranking took into
is now the world's third largest startup ecosystem, account factors such as institutional collaboration,
with 73079 startups and 101 unicorns. The ranking fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, market
was launched in 2018 to boost the startup ecosystem access, incubation collaboration, financial support,
in the states. The list of the best performing states and mentorship. The complete ranking list is available
and union territories in the field of startups in 2021 at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?
was recently released. Gujarat and Karnataka are PRID=1839259.

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